Support judge Anita Bunch, left, listens to a questions from Bill Summere at Saint John's Cathedral voting center in Denver.

Early morning voters arrive at Saint John's Cathedral in Denver.

Nederland resident Peter Hoon looks over his ballot while voting at the Nederland Community Center. Voters took to the polls today, November 2, 2010 at the Community Center in Nederland. Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post

After months of stumping and millions of dollars spent on television ads and mailers, the 2010 campaign is — barring an exceedingly tight race and recount — expected to wrap up today. As results come in, be on the lookout for answers to these questions:

1. Will the Senate battle between Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck be among the closest in the country, as polls have predicted in recent weeks, or will it break comfortably for the Republican, as Buck and a handful of polls have suggested in recent days?

2. Does the Republican wave expected to sweep the country take out Democratic Reps. Betsy Markey in the 4th Congressional District, John Salazar in the 3rd and Ed Perl mutter in the 7th?

3. Does the adage “whoever wins Jeffco wins the election” hold true for the U.S. Senate and governor’s races?

4. Which pollsters are right: those showing Democrat John Hickenlooper winning in the governor’s race by 5 or more percentage points, or those showing American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo poised to pull off the upset?

5. The polls agree that Republican nominee Dan Maes will finish a distant third in the governor’s race. But will Maes get less than 10 percent of the vote, leaving the Colorado GOP destined for the bottom of the ballot and hampered in fundraising in upcoming elections?

6. Will Republicans pick up the net four seats needed to wrest control of the state Senate from Democrats, who hold a 21-14 edge, or will Democrats maintain their six-year hold on the chamber?

7. Will Democrats successfully defend their 37-27-1 majority in the state House, or will Republicans pick up the net six seats they need to retake control of the House, which they relinquished in 2004?

8. What impact will the Tea Party movement have in Colorado’s general election and across the nation?

9. Will the campaign mounted by a coalition of Republicans, Democrats, labor and business interests be successful in fighting the so-called “Ugly Three” — Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 — brought to the ballot by former GOP state Rep. Douglas Bruce?

10. Will Denver voters pass Initiative 300, which would create the world’s first government-sanctioned extraterrestrial-affairs commission?

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